Architect and engineer . SOLIJTIOX: Here was an ideal opportunityfor the first practical applicationof a new step in elevator practicewhich Otis engineers had beendeveloping through years of re-search— the double-deck ele-vator. With the installation ofdouble-deck elevators, it was pos-sible to make the tower sixtystories high. Eight of these ele-vators now serve this building,which reaches above all othersin lower Manhattan and is thethird tallest building in theworld. These eight tower ele-vators provide transportationfacilities equivalent to fourteenordinary elevators. They con-serve space,
Architect and engineer . SOLIJTIOX: Here was an ideal opportunityfor the first practical applicationof a new step in elevator practicewhich Otis engineers had beendeveloping through years of re-search— the double-deck ele-vator. With the installation ofdouble-deck elevators, it was pos-sible to make the tower sixtystories high. Eight of these ele-vators now serve this building,which reaches above all othersin lower Manhattan and is thethird tallest building in theworld. These eight tower ele-vators provide transportationfacilities equivalent to fourteenordinary elevators. They con-serve space, cut operating costs,and, together with eighteen sin-gle-deck elevators and ten escala-tors, provide this building withadequate and convenient verticaltransportation facilities. . OtisElevator Company, offices in theprincipal cities of the world.
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